Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a professional French tennis player. Coin recorded the biggest victory of her career by defeating

Is a professional French tennis player. Coin recorded the biggest victory of her career by defeating the world's #1 ranked female singles player, and #1 seed, Ana Ivanovic at the 2008 US Open. Her career high was #96, achieved on November 3, 2008.

Is a former England and Great Britain field hockey goalkeeper.She joined the England team in 1980 as

Is a former England and Great Britain field hockey goalkeeper.She joined the England team in 1980 as a reserve goalie to Pauline Gibbon, and became actual goalie when Gibbon called it a day in 1985. She played for her county. Suffolk, and her hobby is ten

Is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada.

Is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada.

Is an American professional tennis player. Ditty did not have her true WTA breakthrough until 2007,

Is an American professional tennis player. Ditty did not have her true WTA breakthrough until 2007, when she reached the semifinals of the Bell Challenge, a result that took her into the top 100 for the first time in her career on November 5, 2007, at No. 91. She beat Alizé Cornet and Vania King before falling to Julia Vakulenko in three sets.

Is an American water polo player, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.She competed

Is an American water polo player, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.She competed in the triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics taking 19th place crossing the finish line in a time of 2:02:39.22, 4:11.56 behind the gold medalist. S

Is a Scottish international football (soccer) striker who plays for Arsenal Ladies in the Women's En

Is a Scottish international football (soccer) striker who plays for Arsenal Ladies in the Women's English Premier League. She wears the number 10 shirt.

Is a British swimmer.As a member of the Welsh team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, she placed 7th in

Is a British swimmer.As a member of the Welsh team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, she placed 7th in the 400-metres individual medley with a time of 4.51.90, and 8th in the 200m individual medley with a time of 2.20.61.

Is a former professional female tennis player from Versailles, France.Halard-Decugis lived in La Bau

Is a former professional female tennis player from Versailles, France.Halard-Decugis lived in La Baule, France during the initial stages of her career and later moved to Pully, Switzerland. She turned professional in June 1987 after winning the French Open junior singles title in 1986 and 1988 and reaching the Wimbledon junior singles final in 1987. She retired from the WTA Tour tennis circuit at the end of the 2000 season.

Was an American tennis player who won 22 professional tennis titles and helped pioneer the women's p

Was an American tennis player who won 22 professional tennis titles and helped pioneer the women's professional circuit.In 1969, Heldman was World No. 5, her highest career world ranking, and was ranked second in the U.S.

Is a former football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.Hogg made he

Is a former football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.Hogg made her Football Ferns in a 2-2 draw with Australia on 6 October 1979, and finished her international career with 19 caps and 7 goals to her credit.

Is a former international butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Canada, who competed at two conseque

Is a former international butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Canada, who competed at two consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain. There she was eliminated in the qualifying heats of the 100m Butterfly and 100m Backstroke.

Is a football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.Inglis made her Foo

Is a football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.Inglis made her Football Ferns as a substitute in a 3-0 win over Switzerland on 8 December 1984, and finished her international career with 15 caps to her credit.

Is a retired female volleyball player from the United States, who won the silver medal with the USA

Is a retired female volleyball player from the United States, who won the silver medal with the USA National Women's Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California under the guidance of coach Arie Selinger.

Is an American female mixed martial artist. She is a third degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and spec

Is an American female mixed martial artist. She is a third degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and specializes in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Is a female field hockey player from Scotland. She plays in midfield and defence, and made her debut

Is a female field hockey player from Scotland. She plays in midfield and defence, and made her debut for the Women's National Team in 2003. Kilpatrick is engaged to Scottish and GB international hockey player, David Mitchell.

Was a Jewish American boxer from New Haven, Connecticut. At one time in his professional career Juli

Was a Jewish American boxer from New Haven, Connecticut. At one time in his professional career Julie Kogon was ranked by Ring as the #10 lightweight in the world for July, 1944. Julie went undefeated in his first 22 fights going 17-0-4-1. Julie beat Pete

A retired American jockey. In 1993, she became the first female jockey to win a Triple Crown race wh

A retired American jockey. In 1993, she became the first female jockey to win a Triple Crown race when she captured the Belmont Stakes aboard Colonial Affair. In 2000 she became the first woman inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

Is a female cricketer who plays for Victoria and Australia. She is a right-handed pace bowler who al

Is a female cricketer who plays for Victoria and Australia. She is a right-handed pace bowler who also bats right-handed batsman. After playing for the Australian Under-19 team in 2002–03, Hunter made her senior debut for Victoria in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) the following season. She was rewarded by national selection for the first time for the Rose Bowl series against New Zealand. She made her ODI debut in the fifth match at the Junction Oval and took her career best figures of 3/40 in her third match on the New Zealand leg of the tour in Invercargill. Hunter has taken seven wickets from four ODIs. In the five T20s internationals that followed, three at Bellerive Oval in Hobart, and two in New Zealand, Hunter only played in the last two matches in New Zealand, taking 1/23 and 1/29 from four overs each. She made six in the fourth match, her first innings at international level as Australia lost by 59 runs. She made a duck in the final match as New Zealand won all five T20s.

Is an American sprint who competed in the 1970s, then switched to triathlon. After winning several r

Is an American sprint who competed in the 1970s, then switched to triathlon. After winning several races she won the Oct '82 Hawaiian Ironman World Championship. Julie has two children with Bill Leach: Shane (3-23-88) and Hayden (7-1-93). Currently she te

Is a Canadian fencer. She was part of the team Canada épée team who finished fourth at the 2004 Su

Is a Canadian fencer. She was part of the team Canada épée team who finished fourth at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Is a former English international cricketer.[1] She played 2 one-day internationals for the England

Is a former English international cricketer.[1] She played 2 one-day internationals for the England Women's cricket team against Denmark and Ireland in July 1989. She took 2 wickets at an average of 16.5.

Is an American retired alpine skier.

Is an American retired alpine skier.

Was an Australian long-distance freestyle swimmer of the 1980s and 1990s, who won a bronze medal in

Was an Australian long-distance freestyle swimmer of the 1980s and 1990s, who won a bronze medal in the 800m freestyle, swimming at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. She was often considered to be an outspoken and controversial swimmer, who switched to distance fr

Was a midfielder for the United States women's national soccer team from 1987 through 2004, finishin

Was a midfielder for the United States women's national soccer team from 1987 through 2004, finishing with a remarkable 271 caps. She served as the team's co-captain from 1991-2000 and the Captain from 2000 through her retirement in 2004.Foudy played in 4 Women's World Cups, winning two FIFA World Championships -- in 1991 and 1999. She also played in 3 Summer Olympic Games, winning an Olympic Gold Medal in 1996, Silver in 2000, and Gold again in 2004.

An English cricketer and former member of the England women's cricket team [1]. She played three tes

An English cricketer and former member of the England women's cricket team [1]. She played three test matches against India in 1986.